Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1900 — FOREIGN. [ARTICLE]

FOREIGN.

Four hundred Filipinos tried to capture an outpost near Manila, but were repulsed and scattered. Closing of Charles T. Yerkes’ underground railway deal in London is delayed by the campaign. A Paris daily'paper learns from a reliable source that King Leopold of Belgium will abdicate 6oon. Turkey’s minister nt Madrid has quit his position nnd closed his office because his salarr was not pnid. Irish-Americans lately serving the Boere have been removed to a Portuguese transport nt Lorenzo Marques. The Russian minister and troops have been withdrawn from Pekin. The action ia taken to be a protest against the aims of Germany. Bartholomew Kost, formerly of Chicago, has been condemned to death in Bremen for the murder of Marie Yodiekn, whom he had married. Field Marshal Lord Frederick Sleigh

Roberts has been appointed commander-in-chief of the British army, succeeding Field Marshal Sir Garnet Joseph WolseJ*y. Winston Churchill, the tfon of an American woman, is among the successful candidates in British elections; two new members of commons have American wives. From reliable sources it is learned that the Empress Dowager has replaced Prince Tuan by Wan Wen Chao, and that Kang Yi, the notorious Boxer leader, has committed suicide. The Chinese government seems to be breaking with the Boxer power. The Manchu assassin of Baron von Kettolcr was tried by court martial iu Pekin. No new evidence was presented and the court decided that it would be unjustified in pronouncing sentence upon the prisoner, who, however, will be held in the hope that further information will be obtained.